Rock

The Black Keys are finally back, returning today with brand new song “Lo/Hi,” their first new music since their 2014 album Turn Blue. The long break has been understandable, considering th band had toured seemingly non-stop since the release of their mainstream breakthrough album Brothers in 2010.

“Lo/Hi” is a welcome return to the band that draws back to the more blues-inspired garage rock that made so many of us fall in love with them, but also incorporating the bigger produced sounds that have made up their more recent era.

“Lo/Hi” was written and produced by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, and recorded at Nashville’s Easy Eye Sound studio. While no official announcement regarding a new album has been made, we can only assume “Lo/Hi” will be included on the long-awwaited new album.

Low Hum, the project Hawaiian born producer and multi-instrumentalist Collin Desha, will release his debut album Room To Breathe on June 7th via Last Gang Records.

“Strange Love” is the lead single recently released from the album, channeling some vintage psych-rock grooves hard. There are some early Tame Impala vibes felt here for sure, with some dreamy vocals leading the charge of a proggy guitar attack. An album of songs of this quality certainly wouldn’t be a bad thing.

Los Angeles rockers Warbly Jets will return with new EP Propaganda on January 4 via Rebel Union Recordings. This winter has been a busy one for the L.A. group, whose single “Alive,” was just featured last month in the opening scene of Marvel’s Spider-Man game for PS4.

The Propaganda EP marks the kickoff of the next chapter for the American rockers who wrote, recorded, and produced every note of the EP themselves at Ultrasound Studios in downtown Los Angeles. Here’s what the had to say about that process:Read the rest of this entry »

Last month we shared with you a song titled “Slayer” from an artist named Hussy, the South East London-based project of multi-instrumentalist Sophie Nicole Ellison, who records, layers, produces and plays all instrumentations herself at her home studio.

She’s returned with her deliciously fuzzy new offering “Forever.” She continues her trek towards creating this passionate and raw grunge-inspired rock that feels very 90s in the best way possible mixed with some of the new age explorations of a modern act like Warpaint.

Sam Fender is a UK-based singer who is preparing for the release of his debut EP Dead Boys on November 20 via Polydor Records.

Fender made it on the BBC Sound Of 2018 poll and has been on the road all year preparing for this moment. Right now that moment is the EP’s lead single “That Sound,” a larger-than-life anthem that is quite a statement from a new artist.

Find a stream of “That Sound” below and stay tuned for the EP later this month. You can also find his performance of song “Dead Boys” live on Jools Holland here.Read the rest of this entry »

The Killers guitarist Dave Keuning will release his debut album Prismism on January 25 2019. The album was written and recorded and his home studio in San Diego and was built from the hundreds of voice memos that he stockpiled while touring with The Killers for the past decade, soon evolving into songs of his own.

So far he’s released two songs from the album, the electro-tinted title track “Prismism” and the more Killers-esque “Restless Legs.” Both tracks showcase Keuning’s own voice as he seems to be having fun exploring some new avenues here.

The 5-song EP lasts a grand total of 12-minutes, with breezy rock songs such as the no-nonsense rock anthem “Hi-Fi Television,” which uses every bit of its near 2-minute running time to pack quite a punch.

Self Help is a punk rock group from Oxford, England who have caught my attention with their latest single “1,000,000 MPH.”

They waste no time setting the pace with some mean guitar riffs and a super-charged energy that comes absolutely racing out of the gate. It features some great garage rock elements at play along with some smartly crafted hooks that have some pop spirted thrown in with a side of aggression.